Lung function and airway cytologic profiles in horses with recurrent airway obstruction maintained in low-dust environments

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1060-1066

  Miskovic, M ^a,b   Couetil L L ^a   Thompson, C A ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Lynn Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bronchoalveolar lavage; Forced expiration; Lung function testing; Lymphocytes; Pulmonary alveolar macrophages

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DUST; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DUST; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

EID: 34848913168     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1892/0891-6640(2007)21[1060:LFAACP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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